Caspian Terns, Hydroprogne caspia, congregating atop a waterfront warehouse roof in Astoria, Oregon. There is quite a significant colony of these birds in the Astoria area, a portion of which have taken to gathering on the rooftop of one of the buildings owned by Astoria Warehousing along the town’s waterfront. While birds on a rooftop […]
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Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Things have been a bit hectic recently here at Born Again Bird Watcher HQ. You might notice the site looks slightly different and that a few of the links aren’t working quite right. That’s because the site host formerly known ad Green Tangerine seems suddenly to have gone out of business (a fact I learned […]
Where the Heart Is
Astoria, Oregon It may simply be a small town on the northwestern tip of Oregon. It may be cloudy, rain-soaked, and moss-covered for most of the year. It may even be the place that, as a foolish teenager growing up there and hoping for a future full of wealth and adventure, I most wanted to […]
Photo Interlude: Great Blue Heron
This Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, picked an old piling not far off shore in the Columbia River for a perch for the night. Even though the evening’s weather was grey and overcast, even the small details of the beak come through clearly in this completely unretouched or post processed image. Location: Astoria, Oregon Digiscoped […]